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Following the tragic death of Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes in November we hear from former Zimbabwe player, Ray Price, and our cricket correspondent in Melbourne, Clayton Bjelan, on the power of sport to bring hope and healing. And staying with cricket we continue The Henry Olonga Story as the former Zimbabwe fast bowler recalls a Man-of-the-Match winning performance against England in 2000.

The draw for the 4th Round of the FA Cup saw minnows Cambridge United drawn at home to Manchester United. Cambridge director and former player Graham Daniels looks forward to this mouth-watering tie on 23rd January. And we continue The Henry Olonga Story as the former Zimbabwe fast bowler recalls taking a wicket with his third ball in Test cricket.

We ask whether there are too many football competitions as players leave clubs in January for the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Asian Cup in Australia? And with the Cricket World Cup just five weeks away we hear the first part of an extended interview with former Zimbabwe fast bowler, Henry Olonga.

For our first show of 2015 we preview two major events ahead this year, the World Cups of Cricket and Rugby. We are joined by two former elite players who have both played in their sports' World Cups, the Zimbabwe slow bowler Ray Price and Western Samoa scrum half Tu Nu'uali'itia.

We look back on some of the 2014 highlights from football and rugby union including the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Rugby Championship.

While many fans enjoy a holiday at Christmas it's a very different picture for players. We discuss the busy fixture list in the English Premier League and as whether the EPL needs a winter break? Former Western Samoa rugby international Tu Nu'uali'itia tells us what Christmas means for him and we begin our review of 2014 with the World Cup in Brazil as we recall Matchday at the Maracana when Colom...

They say patience is a virtue but is there a role for patience in today’s highly-competitive world of football? West Ham and Newcastle stuck with their managers in poor spells and are now seeing the rewards. Now fans at Arsenal want manager Arsene Wenger to go after a disappointing start to the season. Our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir gives his perspective and Zambia’s international st...

We talk to Crystal Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni who has won the club's Player of the Year award a record four times about the art of his trade and his faith as a follower of Jesus Christ. And former Brazilian Formula 1 driver Alex Ribeiro talks about his new book called "What It Takes".

We are joined by former F1 driver Alex Ribeiro in Brazil to review an enthralling season in Formula 1 and assess Lewis Hamilton's second Drivers Championship title. And in athletics we talk to this season's Diamond League champion in the women's 400 metres hurdles, Kaliese Spencer from Jamaica.

In tennis we hear from Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer after the ATP World Tour Finals in London and we assess the progress of teams ahead of next years Rugby World Cup as the southern and northern sides play a series of Test matches in Europe.

South African marathon runner Hendrick Ramaala talks about his continuing career at the age of 42 and why he's mentoring a new generation of athletes and we talk to this year's Diamond League champion in the women's 100 metres hurdles, Dawn Harper-Nelson.

Ray Price played 22 Tests and 102 One-Day Internationals in a career spanning thirteen years. As a slow left-arm bowler he had best Test figures of 6-73 against the West Indies in Tests and took five wickets in an innings on five occasions. He retired in 2011 after becoming only the second Zimbabwean to play in the Indian Premier League. He talks about his cricket career and his faith as a followe...

We report from South Africa following the tragic deaths of former World 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi in a car crash on Friday and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa who was shot in an apparent attempted robbery on Sunday. We delve into the archives for our interview with Mulaudzi at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. And we consider whether we should expect all footballers to be role models...

Tu Nu'ulai'itia recalls the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa when he scored a try for Western Samoa in the quarter finals against the Springboks, the hosts and eventual winners. And we hear from former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones about Australia's memorable Bledisloe Cup victory in New Zealand in 1986.

One year ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup our rugby correspondent and former Samoa international Tu Nu'uali'itia shares his career highlights including playing in the 1991 World Cup when Samoa memorably beat Wales in Cardiff.

We talk to Springbok winger Cornal Hendricks, one of the stars of South Africa's Commonwealth Games Rugby 7s winning team and part of last Saturday's Rugby Championship side that beat New Zealand. And following the death of 1936 Olympic silver medallist Dorothy Tyler we go back into the archives to hear an interview in which she talks about her Olympic memories.

We review New Zealand's third successive title in the Rugby Championship and ask if they are on course to retain their World Cup crown in 2015? And Lazio and Nigeria midfielder Ogenyi Onazi talks about his narrow escape from a bomb blast in Jos and his speedy return from a World Cup injury.

Former F1 driver Alex Ribeiro from Brazil considers the battle at the top of the F1 Championship and the emergence this year of Australia's Daniel Ricciardo. And we meet the captain of Uganda's boxing team at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Rogers Semitala.

As Manchester United's new loan signing Radamel Falcao makes his debut in the 4-0 win against QPR we revisit our interview with him last year to find out more about the man who is one of the world's most prolific goal scorers. And we meet Uganda's light heavyweight boxing champion, Solomon Geko Kozaala, at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

We meet triple Paralympic champion, Fanie Van Der Merwe, from South Africa. He won gold in the T37 class for athletes with cerebral palsy in both the 100m and 200m at the 2008 Games in Beijing and retained his 100m title four years later in London, setting a new world record. He talks about those career milestones and the faith that is integral to his life.

Colombian international Radamel Falcao has joined Manchester United on a one-year loan deal. He talks to us about coping with pressure and his faith. And we hear from T42 sprinter Regas Woods on the impact of his faith on his career in disability sport.

We talk to three athletes at Sunday's IAAF Diamond League in Birmingham: Kenya's Olympic 800m champion and world record holder David Rudisha, 2011 world high jump champion Jesse Williams from the US and Grenada's Olympic 400m champion, Kirani James.

As the English Premier League gets under way for another season we review the opening encounters and consider the likely title contenders. And we hear from two of South Africa's medallists at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Seabelo Senatla from the triumphant Rugby 7s team and long jump silver medallist, Zarck Visser.

We continue our interview with South African swimming legend, Penny Heyns, as she talks about her outstanding career and personal faith.

Steve Vickers talks to South African swimming legend Penny Heyns, Olympic champion and frequent world record breaker during her incredible career. Part 1 of 2.